The District of Columbia LGBTQ+ Bar Association

Please join the D.C. LGBTQ+ Bar Association for a networking happy hour at Kiki on May 28 at 5:30 P.M. This is an excellent opportunity to catch up with fellow Bar Association members, meet new colleagues, and welcome new attorneys and law students to the D.C. LGBTQ+ Bar Association family! This month, we're excited to partner with McDermott, Will & Schulte. MWS is committed to driving progress in justice, diversity, equity, and inclusion–not just at its firm, but in our communities and the legal industry. MWS has publicly committed itself to the following: To empower our people, we cultivate a diverse workplace, foster a sense of belonging and provide the support each individual needs to accomplish their career goals. We work at the highest levels of firm management to ensure equitable access to client development activities, challenging work assignments and career advancement. RSVP link here: https://lnkd.in/eFuwifP2

The DC LGBTQ+ Bar Association endorses the following candidates in the DC Bar Elections: Josh Mogil, John Hopkins-Gillispie, and Hilary Gerzhoy. Voting is open through June 3.

We enjoyed the coffee, bites, and conversation at our first ever “Study Break” with our law student mentees and attorney mentors last Saturday. We spent time with our friends at Spark Social for coffee, bagels, and an opportunity to take a break and destress from law finals. Thank you to everyone who has given their time to the mentorship program this spring and to Zuckerman Spaeder LLP for sponsoring this event. Wishing all our law student members the best of luck on finals, graduation, the bar exam, and summer internships (wherever this summer may take you)! 🌈

We love HBA-DC, pro bono, and all of the fabulous orgs that were represented on yesterday’s panel (Amica Center for Immigrant Rights, Lambda Legal, and Whitman-Walker). It is a moral imperative of ours to connect our attorneys with those who are doing this important work and to encourage active participation across our bar association. We couldn’t be more grateful to have The Hispanic Bar Association of DC (HBA-DC) as our partner and ally. Thanks to all who came out to the panel yesterday. We hope to see you all at another one of our programs soon. 🌈

Join us on May 27 at 4 pm Eastern for an illuminating discussion about LGBTQ+ legal fellowships! The path to launching your legal career as a public interest LGBTQ+ civil rights lawyer can seem murky. This webinar, aimed at rising 3Ls, recent graduates, and judicial law clerks, will illuminate the fellowship process by outlining the nuts and bolts of how to find positions, successfully navigate the interview process, and obtain funding for your project. ✅ REGISTER HERE: https://lnkd.in/eQpTUUX3 Panelists—current fellows at Lambda Legal, the ACLU LGBTQ & HIV Project, and GLAD Law, supported by funding from the Skadden Foundation, Equal Justice Works, law schools, and internal organizational sources—will also share the personal strategies that helped them secure their fellowships. The panel will discuss the process for LGBTQ+ legal fellowships, but the information can be applied to other public interest fellowships. Featuring: 📍Alexandra Johnson | Skadden Fellow at the ACLU LGBTQ & HIV Project 📍Angela Wu | Constitutional Law Fellow at GLAD Law 📍Charlie Ferguson | Daniel H. Renberg Legal Fellow at Lambda Legal 📍Donovan Bendana | Liman Law Fellow at GLAD Law 📍Luna Floyd | Equal Justice Works Fellow at Lambda Legal

Reminder of our panel event on Thursday! Details for signing up are below. Looking forward to seeing everyone there!

We are excited to see our law student and attorney mentors at Spark Social on Saturday! There is still time to sign up here: https://lnkd.in/eZW5cqch.

The LGBTQ+ Bar Association of the District of Columbia is proud to announce its 2026 Community Equality Fellowship. The Community Equality Fellowship will support 1-2 law students working at a DC-area legal nonprofit organization this summer. The Equality Fellowship’s aim is to encourage law students taking their first steps toward careers tackling our nation’s most complex legal issues. The Equality Fellowship will pay $1,500 to the law student(s) selected to be the Equality Fellow. The instructions and application can be found on our website under the Fellowships tab. Please submit all materials by May 1, 2026 to hello@dclgbtbar.com. Questions about the Equality Fellowship can be sent to the above email address. Applicants will be notified with decisions by mid-May 2026.

Our law student mentorship program is in its first year, and we are so proud of the connections we have been able to facilitate between LGBTQ+ practicing attorneys and law students. If you are a part of the mentorship program, please consider joining us and our friends at Spark Social for this "study break." Many thanks to Zuckerman Spaeder for sponsoring. -- As the semester wraps up and we enter finals, we wanted to create a space for mentors and mentees to connect, check in, and take a short break from studying. This is a great opportunity to talk with mentors about law school, exams, or anything else on your mind - or to simply take some time to decompress with your fellow students.   Refreshments will be provided, and we encourage you to stop by. We hope to see you all there! RSVP: https://lnkd.in/ekKWTZEH

Please join the D.C. LGBTQ+ Bar Association, the Hispanic Bar Association of D.C., and Baker Botts L.L.P. for an engaging networking and panel event highlighting LGBT+ pro bono opportunities in the D.C. community. The panel will spotlight meaningful pro bono opportunities across the District and explore recent local and national legal developments impacting LGBT+ civil rights. All are welcome! Drinks and hors d’oeuvres will be served from 5:30 p.m., and the panel discussion will begin at 6:00 p.m. RSVP: https://lnkd.in/eKmtbUAF